spit and polish

The filmmaker David Lowery has opted to update it with his own pixie dust: save what’s good, scuttle the rest, and add plenty of spit and polish for a 21st-century shine.

“I was kind of spit and polish at the time,” he said.

The moment we walked out of the classroom, his cocksure veneer, the spit and polish, would return.

He knew about the spit and polish, and exhausting hours of practice needed to pull off a 10-minute halftime show.

Moving back to the photos, however, it must be stressed that the usual caveats remain: early prototypes can vary from the finished product and tend to have a lot less spit and polish.